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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Tom Crick compare the soil of the Fens?
(a) Quicksand.
(b) Phlegm.
(c) Pudding.
(d) An obese matron.

2. What is the name of the student Tom Crick butts heads with the most?
(a) Price.
(b) Dick.
(c) George.
(d) Jerome.

3. The Atkinsons are an important family in the Gildsey area for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
(a) They owned a major textile factory.
(b) They ran a famous brewery.
(c) They helped drain the marshes by buiding locks and canals.
(d) They represented the Gildsey district in parliament.

4. What is the term Tom Crick keeps using to refer to Mary's attitude towards the world when she was an adolescent?
(a) Eager.
(b) Curious.
(c) Passive.
(d) Aloof.

5. What was Freddie Parr's father, Jack Parr, infamous for in the Gildsey area?
(a) His heckling of young women who worked in the fields.
(b) His tendency to get into fights with the local barman.
(c) His habit of stealing livestock off the river barges.
(d) His ability to smuggle liquor out of an American military base nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?

2. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the difference between animals and humans?

3. The headmaster of the school where Tom Crick teaches history thinks Tom should retire from his job. Why?

4. Where do the Cricks find the body of Freddie Parr?

5. What is the main fish that the Cricks and their neighbors catch for food?

(see the answer key)

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